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We study the effectiveness, spillovers, and well-being effects of low emission zones in Germany, an emission-intensity-based driving restriction rapidly growing in popularity. Using regression discontinuity and group-time difference-in-differences designs, we show that previous estimates of the...
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disease. As the coronavirus mutated, vaccination estimates for achieving herd immunity went from 70% to 90%. In this study, we … vaccination rates. Secondly, we consider if subjective measures, including the level of happiness and different collective … Hemisphere and variables related to COVID-19, vaccines, country characteristics and the level of happiness and collective …
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-being, which is measured by individuals' happiness, during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data collected in the … happiness. The risks associated with the pandemic, however, are only slightly associated with people's happiness. We also find …
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. These data provide information on citizens' happiness, levels of customer satisfaction, employees' satisfaction, mental …
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In response to the Covid 19 health crisis, the French government has imposed various measures, referred to as social-distancing measures, including a lockdown with the primary objective of reducing face-to-face interactions between people in order to limit the spread of the virus. This paper...
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-in-differences design to show that stay-at-home orders notably increased satisfaction with democracy and shifted political support towards … centrist parties. Stay-at-home orders increased satisfaction with democracy most among individuals who had been exposed to the … restrictive state interventions. Moreover, we find suggestive evidence that satisfaction with democracy increases more among …
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autoregressions are a suitable tool to analyze the underlying structure of changes in happiness and its coevolution with changes in … also examine how the structure of happiness differs with respect to different Big Five personality traits. Personality …
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their happiness, adjusted for numerous demographic and economic variables. Satisfaction among married individuals increases … most with additional time spent with spouse. Among singles, satisfaction decreases most as more time is spent alone …. Assuming that lockdowns constrain married people to spend time solely with their spouses, simulations show that their happiness …
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The pursuit of happiness. What does that mean? Perhaps a more prominent question to ask is, 'how does one know whether …
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It is politicians who have to decide when to release the lockdown, and in what way. In doing so, they have to balance many considerations (as with any decision). Often the different considerations appear incommensurable so that only the roughest of judgements can be made. For example, in the...
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